Chapter 614: Crushing Defeat

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Fifty meters from the village entrance, the Eastern Japanese commander waved his hand, signaling the army to halt.

The Qi commander did not object.

This time, he led far more men than the Eastern Japanese commander, but the one truly in charge of command was this Eastern Japanese commander.

"Have the soldiers enter the village to inspect it!" the Eastern Japanese commander said to a man behind him.

He was a Wufeng Pirate.

There were many Song People among the Wufeng Pirates.

Having mingled with the Eastern Japanese for a long time, they had also mastered the Eastern Japanese language.

For this operation, he had been sent to be responsible for translation.

Upon hearing this, he relayed the Eastern Japanese commander's words to the Qi commander.

Nodding, the Qi commander pointed to ten soldiers to enter the village.

Before long, the soldiers returned, "Colonel, the village is empty."

The Qi commander and the Eastern Japanese commander looked at each other, feeling somewhat strange.

But since the soldiers had not detected any other situation, they led the army into the village.

When they entered the village, they were just preparing to investigate further.

At this moment, suddenly, an Eastern Japanese soldier scouting to the north ran over hurriedly, pointing to the north of the village and saying: "An army is coming toward the village."

The Qi commander felt a chill in his heart upon hearing this, and he said to the Eastern Japanese commander: "It must be Yan Wang's army; I fear our movements have been detected by them."

"How many men do they have?" the Eastern Japanese commander asked.

"About the same as us, only one thousand men, but they have two hundred Cavalry."

The Eastern Japanese commander pondered for a moment and said: "They have come at the right time; now let them witness the power of the Flintlock."

Then, he looked toward the west, "The soldiers said there is a threshing floor west of the village; we shall line up and wait there."

Having said that,

he led the Eastern Japanese soldiers toward the west and arrived at the threshing floor.

This was a large, flat piece of land.

Usually, when harvesting grain, the commoners would transport rice and wheat here for threshing.

It was not yet the autumn harvest, so there was nothing here; it was just an open space.

At the same time, the Prince's Personal Army also discovered the Qi army.

Originally, they wanted to enter the village directly.

Seeing the Qi army lining up at the threshing floor, they entered the rice fields directly, formed into a tight formation, and approached the Qi army.

The one in charge of command this time was a Colonel under Qin Shan, named Zhang Tang.

Picking up a Telescope to observe the Qi army for a while, he frowned slightly.

The soldiers of this Qi army were all holding Flintlocks in their hands.

In front of the Flintlocks, there was also a conical, flat Bayonet.

"Interesting." Zhang Tang narrowed his eyes slightly.

Besides the Flintlocks, the Qi soldiers also lined up in a tight formation, holding their guns toward them; this kind of formation was naturally familiar to them.

"Truly, they don't know how to write the word 'death'." Zhang Tang showed a look of disdain; these were all things they had played with long ago, yet they dared to show off their skills in Yanzhou.

Raising his hand, he ordered the two hundred Cavalry to split into two groups and march on the left and right sides.

The eight hundred soldiers in the middle formed a horizontal line, confronting the Qi army, and advanced slowly.

At a distance of one hundred and fifty meters from the Qi soldiers, Zhang Tang had the soldiers stop and raise their Rifled Muskets to aim.

Fighting at this distance was the order of Commander Chang Wei, seemingly to confuse the opponent.

At this moment, the Eastern Japanese commander was waiting for the Yanzhou army to continue moving forward.

When they stopped at one hundred and fifty meters, he was stunned.

He only thought the Yanzhou army was temporarily adjusting, so he did not think much of it and continued to wait in place.

When the Yanzhou army entered the one-hundred-meter distance, they would fire.

But they were clearly wrong.

Suddenly, he discovered a flash of fire in front, and a large expanse of white smoke rose up.

Before he could react, he only heard a series of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" sounds of air being pierced.

The Qi soldiers holding Flintlocks had blood splashing on their bodies, and one soldier after another fell to the ground.

"How is this possible!" The Eastern Japanese commander was dumbfounded.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The firing of the Prince's Personal Army continued, and the Qi soldiers in their tight formation became their living targets.

After another round of firing, the Eastern Japanese commander finally reacted, and he shouted to the soldiers, "Advance immediately, shorten the distance between the two armies."

Under his order, the Qi soldiers and Eastern Japanese soldiers formed a tight formation and walked toward the Yanzhou soldiers while braving the Bullets.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The Wangfu Army stood as firm as a mountain and continued to fire.

The eight hundred soldiers were divided by Zhang Tang into six horizontal lines, with three lines forming one formation, each line having over a hundred men.

While firing, men in the advancing Qi army kept falling, but soldiers from behind filled in.

Zhang Tang was slightly surprised; these Qi soldiers had actually learned a thing or two about line tactics.

Seeing the Qi army constantly moving forward, Zhang Tang naturally judged their goal.

He had the soldiers in the first three rows complete three rounds of firing and immediately pass through the soldiers in the back three rows to retreat.

The soldiers in the rear row stepped forward to conduct another three rounds of firing.

Once the firing ended, they likewise retreated a certain distance, thus continuously widening the gap between themselves and the Qi soldiers.

In this way, Qi kept advancing while they kept retreating, always maintaining a distance of over one hundred meters.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Another round of firing, and fewer than five hundred Qi soldiers remained.

At this moment, the Qi soldiers, having suffered over half casualties, finally could not hold on and collapsed.

The Qi soldiers and Dongying soldiers holding Flintlocks fled in all directions.

"Kill!" Just at this moment, the cavalry on both flanks let out a roar, raised the Cavalry Sabers in their hands, and charged out; they were responsible for the final cleanup.

The Dongying general rode his horse and, without even looking back, fled toward the territory of Qi.

Only about forty-odd Dongying soldiers remained, running wildly behind him.

The confidence they had when they arrived had now turned into deep fear.

Yan Wang's soldiers were actually able to inflict casualties on them from over one hundred and fifty meters away; this was even more advanced than their Dongying Flintlocks.

This point was something he had completely failed to anticipate.

From now on, they must treat this rising Yan Wang with seriousness.

Otherwise, once this Yan Wang unified the Great Song, the situation facing their Dongying would be extremely dangerous.

Entering the village, he followed the small village path and continued to travel south.

Just at this moment, a rope suddenly jumped up from the ground in front of him.

His Warhorse could not react in time, was tripped by the rope, fell to the ground, and threw him out violently.

Just as he was about to crawl up, he saw a soldier wearing Armor crawl out from a haystack by the side of the road, holding a small hammer, and strike his head fiercely.

"Thud!" The hammer landed on his Helmet; he felt a wave of dizziness and passed out.

The villagers were hiding in the Tunnel, but they had been continuously passing information through the Tunnel.

After the Wangfu Army arrived, their confidence was greatly boosted, and under the guidance of the village head, they took up their respective positions, ready to cooperate with the Wangfu Army in battle at any time.

Now, the Qi soldiers had been defeated by their Wangfu Army and were running all over the village; it was the perfect time for them to strike and capture the deserters.

For a time, the entire village was filled with the screams of deserters.